Reply With QuoteRight... I am not arguing that, I've said he's done a great job but they aren't paupers. Warnock put it best, we went in for Lerma and offered 3m and Bournemouth ended up buying him for over 25m instead.Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
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Yes.
He's a good manager but has his limitations like all of them.
Right... I am not arguing that, I've said he's done a great job but they aren't paupers. Warnock put it best, we went in for Lerma and offered 3m and Bournemouth ended up buying him for over 25m instead.
Wilson + Fraser + Brooks = £13.8 million
Madine + Reid + Murphy = £26.6 million
What are they currently worth, and who would you prefer up front??
In fairness, it's hard to argue with you when such figures are staring at you in black & white.
It can easily go wrong, just look what the jacks did, makes our bad deals seem tiny.
Clucas £16 million
Borja £15 million
Bony £12 million
Ayew £20 million
Mesa £ 11 million
Sanches £8 million
Narsingh £4 million
Fat Frank £4 million
Paloschi £8 million
That's a cheeky little £100 million wasted right there.
Madine was not worth the money we paid but we needed a striker so were always going to overpay. Fraser and Brooks may have been cheaper because they were not as good as Murphy and Reid when signed but Bournemouth more confident in developing players or having better scouting system to identify future talent. Better coaching and better scouting system can be linked to investment and they're have been richer than us over the past 5 years for sure.
I don't think anyone would turn down the opportunity of switching with Bournemouth but there's an awful lot of context missing from you comparison.
It's not an easy game , buying ,there is evidence it can go badly wrong, however the club is run well ,they have bought in the right young talent and played in a good style in front of very small revenue generating crowds , as a manager and club he" s done remarkably well.
What makes it even worse is they got barely any playing time out of most of those players nor much in the way of transfer fees when they moved on. We will see where Bournemouth are in five years time. Howe may be looked at in a different light by then.
Whats eddie howe ever done to you anyway?!
Some other things to chew over .....
Bournemouth have also bought Ibe £16 million and Solanke £19million =£35 million plus who knows what they paid to secure Clyne on loan .?
Also what are the differences in wage bills between us and them ? We know we had the lowest wage bill this season.
Like all clubs if you can sustain Premier League football then everything is fine but get relegated and whole different ball game! At least this time , as disappointing it is , the financial millstone around our necks isn’t as large this time!!
Limited budget.????.
Showed his limitations yesterday. Had nothing in his locker to convert pressure against nine man Tottenham. Lucky three points with a deadball in the end.
That's all you had to say.
Yup. All that really interested me on the topic..
it’s not like they are progressing year for year, is it..
I disagree with you a lot but I agree here. He’s a decent manager but will never get a top job.
Yeah, the last figures I saw they were 16th in the wages table and 20th in match day income. Of course it's all relative and dependent on TV revenue, but they have survived the difficult transition period after their top-flight promotion and are now in a decent position squad wise. The progress they have made since 2009 has been incredible, when they finished 21st in League Three and narrowly escaped going out of the football league.
It will be interesting to see what happens to them when they do drop. We will soon see if they have overspent.
I think Howe deserves a go at a bigger club.
The Bournemouth limited budget is almost a big a myth as the Dave Jones shoestring budget.
TV revenue £124m and a turnover £139m, so only £15m coming from elsewhere.
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